ALZATE v. STATE

No. 84-404.

466 So.2d 331 (1985)

Tulio ALZATE, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore Simon, Philadelphia, Pa., Mark L. Angert, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Henry Barksdale, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before HENDRY, BASKIN and JORGENSON, JJ.


JORGENSON, Judge.

The issues in this case turn on the credibility of the investigating officers and that of the defendant regarding the voluntariness of the defendant's consent to search. The trial judge who heard the motion to suppress (Judge Scott) made specific findings which resolved those issues adversely to the defendant. Credibility determinations made by a trial court will not be disturbed on appeal. See Chesnut v. State, 404 So.2d...

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